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1999 New York Yankees 1999 AL East Champions 1999 AL Champions 1999 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York City, New York (since 1903)
1999 information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WNYW (Tim McCarver, Bobby Murcer) MSG (Ken Singleton, Suzyn Waldman, Al Trautwig, Jim Kaat)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (Michael Kay, John Sterling)
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The New York Yankees' 1999 season was the 97th season for the Bronx based professional baseball team. The team finished with a record of 98-64 finishing 4 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they got to the World Series and ended up beating the Atlanta Braves in 4 games to win their 25th World Series title.

Offseason

November 10, 1998: Scott Brosius resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[1]
November 11, 1998: David Cone resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[2]
November 25, 1998: Bernie Williams resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[3]
February 5, 1999: Jeff Juden was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[4]
February 18, 1999: Roger Clemens was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd, and David Wells.^[5]
March 30, 1999: Izzy Molina was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Ben Ford to the New York Yankees for Darren Holmes and cash.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	64	.605	--
Boston Red Sox	94	68	.580	4.0
Toronto Blue Jays	84	78	.519	14.0
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	20.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	93	.426	29.0

Notable transactions

April 5, 1999: Darryl Strawberry signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]
July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).^[8]

Roster

1999 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

45 Chili Davis
39 Darryl Strawberry

Manager

6 Joe Torre

Coaches

53 José Cardenal (First Base)
48 Chris Chambliss (Hitting)
40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen)
30 Willie Randolph (Third Base)
34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching)
50 Don Zimmer (Bench)

David Cone's perfect game

July 18, 1999 - The Yankees won 6-0 in Interleague Play against the Montreal Expos, which was also pitcher David Cone's perfect game. The perfect game was the last shutout he would throw in his career.^[9]

Line score

July 18, Yankee Stadium, New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Montreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	6	8	0
W: David Cone L: Javier Vazquez
HRs: Ledee (3), Jeter (16)
Attendance: 41,930 Time:2:16 Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Jim Evans, 3B: Chuck Meriwether

Box score

Batting

Montreal Expos	AB	New York Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI
Wilton Guerrero, dh	3	Chuck Knoblauch, 2b	2	1	1	0
Terry Jones, cf	2	Derek Jeter, ss	4	1	1	2
James Mouton, cf	2	Paul O'Neill	4	1	1	0
Rondell White, lf	3	Bernie Williams, cf	4	0	1	1
Vladimir Guerrero, rf	3	Tino Martinez, 1b	4	0	1	0
Jose Vidro, 2b	3	Chili Davis, dh	3	1	1	0
Brad Fullmer, 1b	3	Ricky Ledee, lf	4	1	1	2
Chris Widger, c	3	Scott Brosius, 3b	2	1	0	0
Shane Andrews, 3b	2	Joe Girardi, c	3	0	1	1
Ryan McGuire, ph	2	David Cone, p	0	0	0	0
Orlando Cabrera, ss	3	NONE	0	0	0	0
Javier Vazquez, p	0	NONE	0	0	0	0
Bobby Ayala, p	0	NONE	0	0	0	0
Totals	27	Totals	30	6	8	6

Pitching

Montreal Expos	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	New York Yankees	IP	SO
Javier Vazquez	7.2	7	6	6	2	3	David Cone	9.0	10
Bobby Ayala	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	NONE	0	0
Totals	8.0	8	6	6	2	3	Totals	9.0	10

Death of Joe DiMaggio

Following lung cancer surgery on October 14, 1998, Joe DiMaggio fell into an 18-hour coma on December 11. The coma forced his lawyer, Morris Engelberg, to admit that the positive reports he had been feeding to the press were greatly exaggerated. He claimed Joe made him promise not to tell even his family about his condition.

Joe was finally taken home on January 19, 1999. Days later, NBC broadcast a premature obituary; Engelberg claimed he and DiMaggio were watching TV and saw it. His last words, according to Engelberg, were "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." However, the day after DiMaggio's death, a hospice worker who cared for him gave a radically different account to The New York Post.

DiMaggio finally died on March 8, 1999. He was buried on March 11, 1999 in Colma, California, just south of his longtime home of San Francisco.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jorge Posada	112	379	93	.245	12	57
1B	Tino Martinez	159	589	155	.263	28	105
2B	Chuck Knoblauch	150	603	176	.292	18	68
3B	Scott Brosius	133	473	117	.247	17	71
SS	Derek Jeter	158	627	219	.349	24	102
LF	Ricky Ledée	88	250	69	.276	9	40
CF	Bernie Williams	158	591	202	.342	25	115
RF	O'Neill, PaulPaul O'Neill	153	597	170	.285	19	110
DH	Chili Davis	146	476	128	.269	19	78

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Girardi	65	209	50	.239	2	27
Shane Spencer	71	205	48	.234	8	20
Chad Curtis	96	195	51	.262	5	24
Luis Sojo	49	127	32	.252	2	16
Jim Leyritz	31	66	15	.227	0	5
Darryl Strawberry	24	49	16	.327	3	6
Clay Bellinger	32	45	9	.200	1	2
Tony Tarasco	14	31	5	.161	0	3
D'Angelo Jiménez	7	20	8	.400	0	4
Jeff Manto	6	8	1	.125	0	0
Alfonso Soriano	9	8	1	.125	1	1
Mike Figga	2	0	0	---	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Orlando Hernandez	33	214.1	17	9	4.12	157
David Cone	31	193.1	12	9	3.44	177
Andy Pettitte	31	191.2	14	11	4.70	121
Roger Clemens	30	187.2	14	10	4.60	163
Hideki Irabu	32	169.1	11	7	4.84	133

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dan Naulty	33	49.1	1	0	4.38	25
Allen Watson	21	34.1	4	0	2.10	30
Ed Yarnall	5	17.0	1	0	3.71	13
Todd Erdos	4	7.0	0	0	3.86	4
Jay Tessmer	6	6.2	0	0	14.85	3
Jeff Juden	2	5.2	0	1	1.59	9
Mike Buddie	2	2.0	0	0	4.50	1
Tony Fossas	5	1.0	0	0	36.00	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	66	69.0	4	3	45	1.83	52
Mike Stanton	73	62.1	2	2	0	4.33	59
Jason Grimsley	55	75.0	7	2	1	3.60	49
Ramiro Mendoza	53	123.2	9	9	3	4.29	80
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	39	30.1	2	1	1	4.15	35

ALDS

Main article: 1999 American League Division Series

Series Summary:

Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Rangers 0
Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Rangers 1
Game 3 @ The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0

ALCS

Main article: 1999 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	New York	4	Boston	3	October 13	1-0 (NYY)
2	New York	3	Boston	2	October 14	2-0 (NYY)
3	Boston	13	New York	1	October 16	2-1 (NYY)
4	Boston	2	New York	9	October 17	3-1 (NYY)
5	Boston	1	New York	6	October 18	4-1 (NYY)

World series

Main article: 1999 World Series

Game 1

October 23, 1999 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	6	0
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
W: Orlando Hernández (1-0) L: Greg Maddux (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: ATL – Chipper Jones (1)

Game 2

October 24, 1999 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	14	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1
W: David Cone (1-0) L: Kevin Millwood (0-1)

Game 3

October 26, 1999 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Atlanta	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	1
New York	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	6	9	0
W: Mariano Rivera (1-0) L: Mike Remlinger (0-1)
HR: NYY – Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)

Game 4

October 27, 1999 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
New York	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	8	0
W: Roger Clemens (1-0) L: John Smoltz (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (2)
HR: NYY – Jim Leyritz (1)

Awards and honors

Orlando Hernández, Pitcher, ALCS MVP
Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, World Series MVP
Derek Jeter, American League Leader in Hits, 219 Hits

1999 All-Star Game

David Cone, Pitcher, Reserve
Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Reserve
Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
Bernie Williams, Outfield, Reserve

Trivia

In the 1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Past Tense", a policeman from the 2020s called the 1999 New York Yankees the best team he'd ever seen. While it could be argued the 1998 team was better, it is considered remarkable that a television program that aired in 1995 could have even predicted such a successful season for a specific team.

Farm system

References

^ Scott Brosius Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ David Cone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Bernie Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Jeff Juden Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Roger Clemens Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Izzy Molina Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Darryl Strawberry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ The Yankee Years, pp.74-75 , Joe Torre and Tom Verducci, Doubleday Publishing, New York, ISBN 978-0-385-52740-8
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

Preceded by New York Yankees 1998	AL East Championship Season 1999	Succeeded by New York Yankees 2000
Preceded by New York Yankees 1998	American League champion 1999	Succeeded by New York Yankees 2000
Preceded by New York Yankees 1998	World Series champion 1999	Succeeded by New York Yankees 2000

v · d · eNew York Yankees 1999 World Series Champions

2 Derek Jeter \| 11 Chuck Knoblauch \| 13 Jim Leyritz \| 14 Hideki Irabu \| 17 Ricky Ledée \| 18 Scott Brosius \| 19 Luis Sojo \| 20 Jorge Posada \| 21 Paul O'Neill \| 22 Roger Clemens \| 24 Tino Martinez \| 25 Joe Girardi \| 26 Orlando Hernández \| 27 Allen Watson \| 28 Chad Curtis \| 29 Mike Stanton \| 35 Clay Bellinger \| 36 David Cone \| 38 Jason Grimsley \| 39 Darryl Strawberry \| 42 Mariano Rivera (World Series MVP) \| 43 Jeff Nelson \| 45 Chili Davis \| 46 Andy Pettitte \| 47 Shane Spencer \| 51 Bernie Williams \| 55 Ramiro Mendoza Manager 6 Joe Torre \| Bench Coach 50 Don Zimmer \| Pitching Coach 34 Mel Stottlemyre \| First Base Coach 53 José Cardenal \| Hitting Coach 49 Chris Chambliss \| Third Base Coach 30 Willie Randolph \| Bullpen Coach 57 Gary Tuck

Regular season • American League Division Series • American League Championship Series

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto

AL Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Atlanta • Florida • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1999 Major League Baseball Draft • 1999 All-Star Game • 1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game • 1999 World Series

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